Townsend Leather is a Top Work Place of 2014!
Townsend Leather was recognized by the Times Union as a Top Work Place of 2014 in all the greater New York Capital Region. Read more at Townsendleather.com/blog… Full Aritcle
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On April 27th Townsend Leather was recognized as a Top Work Place of 2014 in all of the Greater Capital Region of New York. you can see the full write-up here, Townsend Leather Top Work Place 2014
Townsend Leather is incredibly proud to be recognized as a Top Work Place AND Best Place to Work for 2014!
In late April of 2014, New York Capital Region’s premier news source, The Times Union, awarded 45 companies the honor of Top Work Place 2014.
Townsend Leather is proud and honored to have been selected as one of them.
*UPDATE: Now Townsend Leather has been recognized a second time this year. The Albany Business Review has honored Townsend Leather as a Best Place To Work in 2014 for the Albany Area! Read more here, Townsend Leather Best Place to Work!
Each year the Times Union explores the large Greater Capital District for worthy companies. Over 600 companies were looked at as potential Top Work Place honorees. Through detailed analysis of thousands of employee submitted surveys, The Times Union and Workforce Dynamics narrowed down the top employers in the region to just 45 companies.
Each of these 45 companies, were categorized into three size categories: Large (500+ employees), Mid-Sized (150-499 employees), and Small (35-149 employees).
Townsend Leather was selected as one of the top 15 Mid-Size companies.
A team of representatives from Townsend attend the exciting and beautiful award ceremony held shortly after the honorees were announced, on Thursday, April 24th at The Desmond Hotel in Albany. The awards were handed out amongst cheers and celebration, with each company honored by a personalized tribute and company biography, as well as handpicked “theme” songs for their award-retrieval-walk.
Townsend Leather’s team waited anxiously for their name to be announced and was elated when the moment came and proudly walked to the podium to the tune of the “Cheers Theme Song”/Everybody Knows Your Name! Everyone felt it was a fitting song, as everyone who works at Townsend feels like family, and the Townsend Leather name is known across the world. It feels great to spend every day at a place where “everybody knows your name” and truly cares about the job they do and the people they work alongside.
“There is a family atmosphere here and everyone works as a team towards the same goal. ” – Townsend Employee
Townsend Leather was not only recognized as a Top Work Place, but was in fact ranked as the Number 4 Mid-Size Work Place! A top 5 placer!
And even more than that, Townsend Leather was the
Number 1 Manufacturer in the Greater Capital Region!
It is the Townsend employees, the Townsend community, the Townsend family that make Townsend what it is. All the employees at Townsend who come every day to share their skills and passions, push things forward, and do so with a smile on their face – this is what makes Townsend a great company and a Top Place to work. Townsend Leather was awarded this recognition for and by its employees. And it is truly the employees that have earned it because they are the people that ensure a positive and fulfilling work atmosphere. Townsend employees are some of the most passionate, hardest-working, and quality-driven people you will find anywhere. Their wholehearted and overwhelmingly positive responses to the survey questions on subjects such as the company’s vision & mission, its leadership, its sense of teamwork and community, and benefits resulted in making Townsend Leather recognized as a Top Work Place.
The Times Union stated: What stands out, once again, is that the 45 workplaces named to the list are not necessarily those that pay the most or are the most glamorous at which to work, but rather they are the places that value employee input, make people feel appreciated and foster a sense of connection — among their ranks and in the wider community.
Townsend was even singled out as a company that represented strong company ethics and values; as quoted in the Times Union:
This company operates by strong values and ethics. • Townsend Leather Co Inc
Townsend Leather Co. Inc.: “I work with great people who help each other without being asked. I love the fact that the people I work with genuinely care about my well-being.”
The morning after the award ceremony, Townsend kept the fun and celebration going with a company-wide breakfast. 
This is when most of the company first heard of the news and all joined in a celebratory cheer. And as we often do, we had customers visiting with us to tour our facility, we were excited to have them join in the fun and festivities. This short, but heartfelt celebration was a welcome break for everyone. And it was a well-deserved time to take a minute and reflect on the company that we have collectively created.
Townsend, since its inception, has been a beneficiary of charismatic, passionate, forward-thinking, incredible leaders. Terry Kucel and his wife Barbara laid the foundation of what Townsend is during its formative years, and their customer-focus and passion for quality is still the life blood that flows through Townsend today. They have successfully instilled those characteristics into the leaders of Townsend today, and President, Jared Eckler, spoke candidly with the company at our breakfast celebration about what this award means to him and can mean to all of us at Townsend.
This is an exclusive award. It is something to continually strive for. It is something the employees have direct influence on. It is something given only to the deserving. Townsend Leather can feel extremely proud to have the leadership it does, the recognition it does, and the employees it does.
We decided to show our pride by each taking turns signing our names to banners that will hang on our building, proclaiming our pride to everyone that drives to, or by, Townsend Leather.
Here are just a few of the great things Townsend’s proud partners said about Townsend Leather in their submitted surveys…
“I work with great people who help each other without being asked. I love the fact that the people I work with genuinely care about my well-being. ”
“It is a community within a community. The partners work as a family with common goal to deliver and service our customers while working in a good environment.”
“It is fun and exciting! ”
“It’s a family-owned company that truly makes every person feel as if they are part of their family. ”
“There is a family atmosphere here and everyone works as a team towards the same goal. ”
You can see the Times Union articles about the Top Work Places honor here:
And see some photos of the Award Ceremony evening here:
Or visit the Top Work Place website to see Townsend in the listing, Top Work Places
Townsend is excited to be awarded with something that all our many employees, customers, visitors, and fans have known for years – Townsend Leather is a truly great company!
Townsend Leather once again celebrated our love of the earth!
We had to work around some inclement weather and very busy schedules, so it was just a bit late, but we once again celebrated our annual Earth Day – Townsend Clean-Up Event.
This was the fourth year in a row that we have gathered as a team to beautify our property and the surrounding community.
Townsend Leather celebrates Earth Week 2013
A team of like-minded, team working, community focused, Earth lovin’ folks from all parts of Townsend got together earlier this week to share some food and good conversation. We all put on some gloves, grabbed some trash bags and spread out all over the 4 sprawling buildings of Townsend Leather, and beyond; picking up all the trash and recyclables, and even cigarette butts! that we could find. Townsend has teamed up with a fantastic company, not too far from us in New Jersey, called TerraCycle, where we are able to actually recycle cigarette butts!
The event was a tremendous success. Everyone got involved and worked hard. We gathered pounds and pounds of trash from around the area and along the road, and walked away feeling good about a small step toward a positive environmental impact.
Every time Townsend is able to hold an event outside on the Townsend campus, it is truly a delight. It is always so satisfying to take a minute, slow down, and really take in the beauty of the area we work in. Spring is still struggling a bit to get to upstate New York, but with the clean fresh air, the shimmering pond, the bright blue of the sky you can’t help but swell with pride at the beauty of nature and that we get to come and spend every day surrounded by it. It makes getting your hands dirty, bending over digging through driveways, collecting trash feel easy and enjoyable when you get to do it in a place like this.
A truly fantastic company with truly fantastic people, each passionate about life and making things even better.
Looking forward to next year’s event already!
There is nothing quite like the statement made by a beautiful Hair-On hide.
Townsend offers a variety of hair-on options, and we felt it was time to give this stunning beauty a spotlight of it’s own.
Hair-On hides bring a sense of warmth and unique beauty to any space. They have the uncommon characteristic of being able to directly reference natural beauty, but also incorporate man-made colors and designs.
Townsend’s most popular hair-on product, our Toro Hair-On Cowhide, is aniline dyed in Italy and is soft and versatile, having been used on floors, pillows, footstools and chairs. Your hand can’t help but be drawn to the luxurious feel and calming effect of hair-on hides.
Pearson used Townsend’s custom Hair-On hides to great effect in their 2012 Hampton Designer Showhouse. The color scheme was chosen to pop and draw your eyes in, which was accomplished with bright red hair-on hides. Along with the contrast in textures, the pieces designed with Townsend’s hair-on really pulled everything together. You can see the full post on the Quintessence Blog.
Hair-On hides are natural and each comes with its own unique characteristics. Each one more beautiful than the next. Below is a random sampling of just some of the hair-on leathers Townsend can provide.
Contact us at info@townsendleather.com for more information on Hair-On hides or to request samples. Since hair-on hides are natural, please be aware size, color, and availability will vary contact us to find solutions to any of your hair-on needs.
Townsend Leather Toro Hair-On Cowhide, hair on, Hairon
In only about a month Townsend will be out and about across the world and across industries at two of the design world’s biggest tradeshows, the HD Expo in Las Vegas and EBACE in Geneva, Switzerland.
We are excited for these shows, connecting with great people, exploring current trends, and releasing some things that we have been working on.
Each show will have different leathers and solutions, tailored specifically for each industry, but all will have Townsend signature quality and eye for design.
As fans of Townsend, you the viewers of this blog, are being treated with an exclusive first look at just a few of the things you might see at these upcoming shows. You’ll have to come to our booths in person to have the full experience of feel and smell, but for now you can enjoy these Sneak Peak images.
Townsend will be at
HD – Booth #1665 at the HD Expo May 14-16
and
EBACE – Booth #3026 at EBACE May 20-22
We will have leathers for true leather lovers, leathers with unbelievable soft hand, leathers with proprietary glaze, leathers with one of a kind treatments, unique embossings, and unparalleled hand crafting. These are sure to be some exciting shows.
Townsend Leather just returned from a fantastic time in Nashville, Tennessee. In a flurry of stunning design, Townsend loved being a part of the HI Connect Design show. HI Connect
The show was filled with beautiful products and eye catching designs for all aspects of the hospitality industry.
Townsend Leather had multiple leathers featured on a few different pieces. Including an Abstract Art ottoman.
The show was busy with lots of activity and interest. We look forward to future shows.
New York State is changing tax laws to make the state even more appealing to current and new business. Local newspaper, The Leader Herald, took some time last week to visit with Townsend Leather and find out what this could mean for us.
They spent part of the day photographing Townsend partners and getting to know our process even more. They also spent time talking to our very passionate and knowledgeable VP of Sales and Marketing, Sarah Eckler, to hear how the tax changes will impact Townsend.
You can read the full article here, The Leader Herald – The Power of Zero
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